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Question 01 After second World War, the world was divided into the blocks
of

(a) U.S.A and U.K.

(b) USSR and China.

(c) Japan and Korea.

(d) U.S.A and USSR.

Answer : D

Question 02 Which organisation came into existence in April 1949?

(a) SEATO

(b) CENTO

(c) NATO

(d) Warsaw Pact

Answer : C

Question 03 Which of the following was not a member of NATO?

(a) The U.S.A.

(b) England

(c) France

(d) None of these

Answer : D

Question 04 What is the full form of ‘SEATO’?

(a) South-East Asian Task Organisation

(b) South-East Asian Treaty Organisation

(c) South-East Asian Tally Organisation

(d) South-East Asian Team Organisation

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Answer : B

Question 05 Why was NATO created?

To prevent another world war

To root out Communist spies in the federal government

To contain the USSR

To unite the Western powers against possible invasion by the USSR

Answer : D

Question 06 The rivalry between USA & USSR during the post-second world
war period is known as _____________.

(a) Apartheid

(b) Cold War

(c) Policy of Non-Alignment

(d) Hot war

Answer : B

Question 07 Which two ideologies were involved in a conflict during the Cold
War era?

(a) Communism and Capitalism

(b) Monarchism and Capitalism

(c) Communalism and Capitalism

(d) None of the above

Answer : A

Question 08 Which of the following was not a member of SEATO?

(a) U.S.S.R.

(b) New Zealand

(c) Pakistan
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(d) Australia

Answer : A

Question 09 Which one of the following is an agreement signed between the

two superpowers starting in the 1960s?

(a) Berlin Pact

(b) Limited Test Ban Treaty

(c) Moscow Agreement

(d) Warsaw Pact

Answer : B

Question 10 The Cold War was fought between the United States and

China

Canada

The USSR

Germany

Answer : C

Question 11 Why did Truman ignore his advisors and officially recognize
Israel as a new and independent nation in 1948?

He wanted Jewish-American votes

The American public sympathized with Jews after the Holocaust

He wanted to keep the USSR out of Israel

All of the above

Answer : D

Question 12 The event that took place in 1961 was

(a) The construction of the Berlin wall

(b) Soviet intervention in Afghanistan

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(c) Vietnamese Intervention in Cambodia

(d) The unification of Germany

Answer : A

Question 13 The Eisenhower Doctrine was aimed at bolstering key nations

from Communist insurgents in

The Middle East

Latin America

Southeast Asia

Western Europe

Answer : A

Question 14 When USSR placed nuclear missiles in Cuba?

(a) 1960

(b) 1961

(c) 1962

(d) 1963

Answer : C

Question 15 What is the full form of ‘CENTO’?

(a) The Central Task Organisation

(b) The Central Treaty Organisation

(c) The Central Tally Organisation

(d) The Central Team Organisation

Answer : B

Question 16 The Soviet Union’s brutal response to the 1956 Hungarian

Revolution demonstrated the ineffectiveness of the U.S. strategy of

Flexible response
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Massive retaliation

Containment

The Truman Doctrine

Answer : B

Question 17 Which among the following statements about the Cold War is
wrong?

(a) It was a competition between the US and Soviet Union and their respective
allies

(b) It was an ideological war between the superpowers

(c) It triggered of an arms race

(d) The US and U.S.S.R. were engaged in direct wars

Answer : D

Question 18 The Western Alliance was headed by

(a) the United States

(b) Brazil

(c) the Soviet Union

(d) Balkan countries

Answer : A

Question 19 Which among the following statements does not reflect the
objectives of NAM?

(a) Enabling newly decolonized countries to pursue independent policies

(b) Not to joining any military alliances

(c) Following a policy of neutrality on global issues

(d) Focus on elimination of global economic inequalities

Answer : C
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Question 20 After the second World War, the world was divided into the
blocks of

(a) U.S.A and U.K.

(b) USSR and China

(c) Japan and Korea

(d) U.S.A and USSR

Answer : D

Question 22 What did Kennedy’s New Frontier program seek to do?

Increase social welfare spending

Decrease military spending

Halt “creeping socialism”

Fund anti-Communist insurgents abroad

Answer : A

Question 23 The Warsaw pact was led by _________

(a) Japan

(b) Britain

(c) Italy

(d) the Soviet Union

Answer : D

Question 24 Which of the following statements about the NIEQ is false?

(a) Give the LDCs control over their natural resources

(b) Obtain access to Western markets

(c) Reduce the cost of technology from the Western countries

(d) Provide the developed countries with a greater role in international economic
institutions
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Answer : D

Question 26 In both the 1950s and 1960s, national income approximately

Doubled

Tripled

Quadrupled

Quintupled

Answer : A

Question 27 Mark correct or wrong against each of the following statements

that describe the features of the military alliances formed by the
superpowers.

(a) Member countries of the alliance are to provide bases in their respective lands
for the superpowers.

(b) Member countries to support the superpower both in terms of ideology and
military strategy.

(e) When a nation attacks any member country. it is considered as an attack on all
the member countries.

(d) Superpowers assist all the member countries to develop their own under
weapons.

Answer : A
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